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Odisha CM Launches ‘Samiksha’ Portal a new digital platform

in State News January 28, 2026 Comments Off on Odisha CM Launches ‘Samiksha’ Portal a new digital platform 1,133 Views

Bhubaneswar:28/1/26:Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi received the final report of the Sixth State Finance Commission (SFC) from its Chairman, Dr Arun Kumar Panda, at Lok Seva Bhawan today.

During the event, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the ‘Samiksha’ portal, a new digital platform aimed at enhancing transparency in the implementation of local development projects.

The ‘Samiksha’ portal (accessible at https://samikshya.odisha.gov.in) provides real-time updates on the progress of infrastructure projects funded through State Finance Commission (SFC) and Central Finance Commission (CFC) grants. These include roads, drinking water supply, sanitation, street lighting, parks, and other public utilities. The platform allows citizens, elected representatives, and the general public to track project status, promoting greater accountability and public participation in governance.

Addressing officials during the meeting, CM Majhi emphasised the need to strengthen Odisha’s economic framework, restructure panchayat-level infrastructure, improve living standards, and address disparities between rural and urban areas to build a foundation for a prosperous state.

The SFC report focuses on creating a predictable, formula-based mechanism to bolster the financial independence of local bodies. It prioritises equity, the reduction of regional imbalances, and tailored recommendations that address the unique needs of rural and urban local institutions, including both financial and non-financial measures for holistic development.

The event was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary to CM Shashwat Mishra, and other senior officials from Finance, Electronics & IT, and Panchayati Raj departments. SFC members Prof. Asit Ranjan Mohanty, Dr Bibhu Prasad Nayak, Member Secretary Dr Satya Priya Rath, and Director of Municipal Administration Arindam Dakua were also present.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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